On This Day: April 1 1983 Screwballs Premiered in Theaters

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Apr 1, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 1 1983 Screwballs Premiered in Theaters.

On this day April 1 1983 the teen sex comedy Screwballs premiered in theaters. Directed by Rafal Zielinski the film followed five mischievous high school boys who team up with one goal, getting revenge on the school’s most uptight and popular girl by catching her in a compromising moment.

Starring Peter Keleghan Lynda Speciale and Linda Shayne Screwballs was very much in the spirit of Porky’s and other raunchy comedies of the early 80s. Despite its low $800,000 budget the film managed to...

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